The Ass Pull (The Elder Wand and Wand Allegiance) is also a problem but my main issue is that there are a grand total of two spells fired.

+3 (yeas:4 nays:1)

The inconsistency with magical rules, most notably wand-lore and underage magic.

+2 (yeas:2 nays:0)

The theme of accepting death is undercut by ghosts and posthumous portraits.

+1 (yeas:3 nays:2)

Snape being a huge asshole for 90% of the series.

-1 (yeas:1 nays:2)

Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy. Spiking up the darkness is alright if you only have a trilogy to work with, but for the majority of seven books and seven films I was not experiencing any wonder at this "magical" world. Only apprehension and disgust mainly. And even at the end, not everything has been resolved to a satisfactory level.

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